irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow
(telephone) extension; additional telephone handset; portable handset; cordless telephone
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
address book; list of addresses; mailing list
(telephone) call; (telephone) ring; shout; call; call loan (e.g. 30-day call); call money
only; merely; but; no more than
heavy labor; heavy labour; hard work; hard labor (in prison); hard labour
tool; implement; means; furniture
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold
answering machine; answerphone
auto-answer; automatic answering
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
connection; link; relationship
to telephone; to make a phone call
inorganic matter; mineral matter; cold; inhuman; robotic
voice; speech; sound of a voice; sound (e.g. of a TV)
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
uncool; unsophisticated; unfashionable; out of fashion; tacky
gift; boon; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)
to win fame; to be widely-known; to be well known; to make a name for oneself
remarkable ability; mastery; brilliant technique; go-getter; resourceful person; wizard
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
Mongolian spot; Mongolian blue spot; congenital dermal melanocytosis
inadvertently; for no special reason; truthfully; unexpectedly; after realizing; without knowing